Sponsored Content
« Eric Swallowall to Collusion Truther Jake Tapper: Yes, We Might Well Impeach Trump Again Over Barr's Overruling of Mueller's Rogue Prosecutors | Main | Christian Toto: Even the Liberal Deadline is Complaining About the #WokeLecture Oscars
Plus, Movie Revews: Ford V. Ferrari and Escape Room »
February 13, 2020

AG Barr: Trump Needs to Stop Tweeting About Open DOJ Matters Under My Jurisdiction; The Tweets "Make It Impossible for Me to Do My Job"

I mean: True.

In an exclusive interview, Attorney General Bill Barr told ABC News on Thursday that President Donald Trump "has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case" but should stop tweeting about the Justice Department because his tweets "make it impossible for me to do my job."

Barr's comments are a rare break with a president who the attorney general has aligned himself with and fiercely defended. But it also puts Barr in line with many of Trump’s supporters on Capitol Hill who say they support the president but wish he'd cut back on his tweets.

Barr is one of the few people in Trump's administration I trust. Does Trump trust him? Is he capable of hearing advice and adjusting his behavior?

Well, we've seen no signs thusfar. But I guess we can hope.

"I think it's time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases," Barr told ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas.

The DOJ was already reviewing the insane Stone sentencing recommendations and preparing to overrule the rogue prosecutors. But Trump's tweets make it seem like Barr is making political decisions at Trump's behest.

Which Barr is actually permitted to do, and Trump is permitted to order him to do.

But this causes unnecessary problems -- and now new calls for the only man I trust in the DOJ to recuse himself or appoint another Special Counsel.

Which is the same playbook they ran with Sessions -- where it worked.

Can it work again? Can the Democrats make a conflict-of-interest allegation and then get a Democrat Deep Stater in the DOJ to issue a memo offering the opinion that the AG should recuse?

I wouldn't bet against that. And I sure wouldn't help the Democrats run the Sessions Playbook on Barr.

Trump cannot make Barr appear to be his political catspaw and expect Barr to remain the AG. And to avoid recusing himself.

And Trump should really, really want Barr to remain the AG and avoid recusing himself.



digg this
posted by Ace at 04:26 PM

| Access Comments




Recent Comments
Diogenes: "A former work location on a previous contract made ..."

TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch: "196 I need to rewatch The Magnificent Ambersons. T ..."

WinLinBSDAdmin: "I need to rewatch The Magnificent Ambersons. That ..."

Mike: "The Passion Of The Christ by Mel Gibson, drops mi ..."

Smell the Glove: "@53 Paul Newman and Strother Martin in Slapshot is ..."

Eromero: "190 Gentleman's Agreement was an emergency rewrite ..."

Yudhishthira's Dice: "Wasn't Kinski the perv whose daughters claimed he ..."

That Northern skulker: "I love the Exodus theme song. ..."

Way, Way Downriver [/i]: "[i]Gentleman's Agreement[/i] was an emergency rewr ..."

naturalfake: " "Bloody Hell" is a very good oddball black comed ..."

All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread): "Must've had a lot of CHinese money in this flick. ..."

Eromero: "The Passion Of The Christ by Mel Gibson, drops mi ..."

Recent Entries
Search


Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Top Top Tens
Greatest Hitjobs

The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
Powered by
Movable Type 2.64